The Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) is an H II region in the north-west of Sagittarius in a star-forming region in the Milky Way's Scutum–Centaurus Arm. [3] It was discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. [4] Its name means 'three-lobe'.

Sep 12, 2024 · Discovered by Charles Messier in 1764, M20 is a star-forming nebula located 9,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. Also known as the Trifid Nebula, M20 has an apparent magnitude of 6.3 and can be spotted with a small telescope.

The Trifid Nebula (M20) is an emission nebula, dark nebula, reflection nebula, and open cluster in one. See colorful pictures of Messier 20 and learn how it was formed.

Sep 7, 2024 · Trifid Nebula (Messier 20, NGC 6514) is a bright nebula located near the larger Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius. M20 is composed of an emission nebula, reflection nebula, dark nebula, and a massive young open cluster.

Apr 15, 2015 · Messier 20 (M20), the famous Trifid Nebula, is a star-forming region that contains an emission nebula, reflection nebula, dark nebula and an open cluster.

Aug 17, 2022 · If you have an extremely dark sky, you can see the Trifid Nebula on as a fuzzy patch in the Milky Way. Binoculars show more and a telescope even more detail.

Below is a map of these two nebulae. The Lagoon nebula (M8) is spread across about two degrees of the sky (about 150 light years). The nearby Trifid nebula (M20) is much smaller and it is also known to be part of a separate molecular cloud.

Mar 23, 2008 · The Trifid Nebula, aka M20, is easy to find with a small telescope and a well-known stop in the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. But where visible light pictures show the nebula divided into three parts by dark, obscuring dust lanes, this penetrating infrared image reveals filaments of luminous gas and newborn stars.

Aug 18, 2014 · It’s Trifid Nebula, also known as Messier 20 or M20, is a combination stellar nursery, star cluster and reflection nebula. Photo by Martin MacPhee. The stellar nursery is part of a large...

Jun 3, 2004 · The dust, silhouetted against glowing gas and illuminated by starlight, cradles the bright stars at the heart of the Trifid Nebula. This nebula, also known as Messier 20 and NGC 6514, lies within our own Milky Way Galaxy about 9,000 light-years (2,700 parsecs) from Earth, in the constellation Sagittarius.